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• Delphine
  Apr 10, 2007 at 2:21 pm

  this is great! thanks for this tidbit Gayla… I put my Barefoot Books link in case some parents are out there! but will usually have my steeping beauty link.

  fyi: the fuel my blog thing is so simple to do, I will have to get on there after my vacation!

  Desperate plea: if someone out there could explain to me about aol pay per click, I can’t find anything for people spending less than $5000 a month! I just want like the google adwords for my barefoot books thing but can’t find it.

• Gayla
  Apr 10, 2007 at 2:36 pm

  Delphine ~ Thanks for commenting. You’re welcome to link to whatever you like and whenever you like. That’s what I love about this little feature.

  As for AOL pay per click — I’ve heard echos that Yahoo ads are the way to go — it’s apparently more affordable.

  I’ll make this question into a post and see what we can come up with for you :)

• Char
  Apr 10, 2007 at 2:54 pm

  Gayla - spreading the link love its the way to go!!! Add Casual Keystrokes to that list - I am do follow on both blogs.

• Chris Cree
  Apr 10, 2007 at 3:04 pm

  Gayla, Welcome to the party! We’re almost beyond the mob state and seem to be turning NoMore NoFollow into a movement!

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• Angela
  Apr 10, 2007 at 3:08 pm

  Is this only for wordpress blogs OR blogspot blogs?

• Gayla
  Apr 10, 2007 at 3:15 pm

  Good question Angela. I did find this link through Andy Beard’s link for removing No Follow from Blogspot Blogs–

  You can bet I’m going to be following this one all the way through all my blogs :) Great mission huh?

• Gayla
  Apr 10, 2007 at 3:17 pm

  Chris ~ Isn’t it amazing that something SO darn simple could make such a difference? This is the kind of thing to get all excited about :)

• Angela
  Apr 10, 2007 at 5:02 pm

  Ok, I got the wordpress plugin all situation. I’m having trouble finding the no-follow on my blogspot blogs. (I have five of them you know) I can’t seem to dig up that code in the html side of things. Any ideas as to why? Thanks!!

• Gayla
  Apr 10, 2007 at 5:20 pm

  You have to expand the widget view in the html editing mode :) It took me a few to figure that one out too. DOH

• Chris Cree
  Apr 10, 2007 at 5:29 pm

  Gayla, getting rid of the comment NoFollow turns each of our blogs into a wonderful link-a-palooza where the link love is shared with all our friends!

• Michelle
  Apr 10, 2007 at 5:45 pm

  Thank you for the info, I’m always looking for ways to improve. I’m now a proud member of DoFollow.

  I’ll have to post on it myself and spread the word.

• Ponn Sabra
  Apr 10, 2007 at 6:30 pm

  Hi Gayla!
  First time here…sorry it took so long! Love your blog. As you may know…I’m not a techie–but, I know you can comment/trackback on my blog and you get a live link back to your blog…and, although

  I don’t understand your whole post…I too have Askimet as my spam filter. We just installed it this week, after we had 3 problems with Spam Karma since my move to WordPress last month.

  Please add EmpowerWomenNow.com to your list ;-)
  Great company!

  Hugz, Ponn

• Dawud Miracle
  Apr 10, 2007 at 6:33 pm

  Thanks Gayla. The list grows.

  If only I had the time and energy to make nofollow a crusade of mine…

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  Apr 10, 2007 at 6:38 pm

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• Gayla
  Apr 10, 2007 at 7:54 pm

  Chris ~ I like “linkapalooza” I’ll have to remember that. So far I’m seeing a great many bloggers jumping on board. It’s like little blogging light bulbs are going on everywhere.

  Michelle ~ Thanks for chiming in. I’ve added you to my list :)

  Dawud ~ Hey, just because you don’t have the time to maintain a crusade doesn’t mean you can’t start one — which by the way, you do realize that’s what you’ve done, right?

• Lisa Mills
  Apr 10, 2007 at 8:37 pm

  I had no idea about this. Thanks for writing about it. I’m going to go make sure mine doesn’t have no-follow on it.

• Aaron M. Potts
  Apr 11, 2007 at 1:07 am

  Gayla,

  Big props to you for bringing this to the public attention. I was MORTIFIED when I found about about this several months ago, an I added the DoFollow plug-in to my WordPress blog immediately.

  The arguments for why the “nofollow” was put in place to begin with do not hold water, especially when doing so pinches off one of the most effective ways that bloggers can make the blogosphere a better place.

• Heather
  Apr 11, 2007 at 1:36 am

  Thank you for the heads up. We’ve added dofollow on Home Ec 101.

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• Lars-Christian
  Apr 11, 2007 at 7:00 am

  Thanks for the mention, I appreciate it, and also congratulations on opening your eyes for removing the nofollow tags from comments. In my opinion there’s no greater way of rewarding comments, and if the comments are good enough to be displayed in the public sphere on your own venue, then they deserve to rewarded!

• David Airey :: Creative Design ::
  Apr 11, 2007 at 10:22 am

  This is proving a popular post!

  Nice work, Gayla. ;)

• Gayla
  Apr 11, 2007 at 12:18 pm

  David ~ See what you started? :)

  Lars ~ thanks for commenting — this little tidbit is almost like coming out of a deep fog. It’s truly amazing the impact two little words can have :)

  Laura ~ I hope this helps solve some if not most of the issues you’ve been having. I’m adding you to my list.

  Heather and Lisa ~ I’m adding you to my list too! Thanks for joining in!

  Aaron ~ Glad you’re on board with this! I just knew you’d be all about the link love thing. With your Simply Successful Secrets and all the sharing you do, I thought this had your name all over it.

  Everyone’s been added to my list now :) Anyone else going to join?

• Randa
  Apr 11, 2007 at 3:11 pm

  Want to tell everyone that you’ve turned off the nofollow in your comments? Check out my new “ifollow” logos- grab one for your sidebar!
  http://randaclay.com/archives/the-i-follow-movement

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• Steve James
  Apr 11, 2007 at 4:12 pm

  Gayla,

  I have added the plugin for both the Babblz Blog and on Fresh Yields.

  Thanks!
  Steve

• Gayla
  Apr 11, 2007 at 4:41 pm

  Steve ~ Thanks for joining in. I’ve added both blogs to the list of participants :)

• Ponn Sabra
  Apr 11, 2007 at 5:13 pm

  Gayla,
  Just to assure…I’m getting lost in the conversation of this Incredible Movement literally going viral. But, I want to spread the word and link-love. Are you the originator of this list? Because I’ll just keep coming here for updates…how’s that!? If not, please advise.
  Thanks sweetie.

• Phil
  Apr 11, 2007 at 6:44 pm

  Wow, this is getting popular!

  I removed nofollows back in February when I found out about it. Nice to see the whole idea is gaining momentum all the time!

• Gayla
  Apr 11, 2007 at 8:25 pm

  Ponn - I was originally introduced to the movement via David Airey and Dawud. If you’re going to give credit for this movement as far as MomGadget is concerned, please take it back to them.

  I’m not sure if it went back further then them or not.

  Thanks for linking though :)

• thepaperbull
  Apr 11, 2007 at 10:46 pm

  Not that I usually add “me too” comments. But me too.

  http://www.thepaperbull.com is follow friendly

• Cristian
  Apr 12, 2007 at 12:52 pm

  Thanks.
  Great list ;)
  Keep up the good work

• Anna
  Apr 13, 2007 at 2:05 pm

  Many thanks for the information. I am new to blogging and find these tidbits from experienced bloggers around the Internet most helpful. Roll on Linkorama Mom.

• Mihaela Lica
  Apr 13, 2007 at 8:22 pm

  Thank you soooooooo much! I will include your blog in the weekend recommendations tomorrow. This is the best tool ever and I am so happy you wrote this entry.

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• Doris
  Apr 14, 2007 at 3:34 am

  I’ve joined in the movement:
  http://homeofficewomen.com/?p=219
  http://dorischua.blogspot.com/2007/04/joining-to-follow-movement.html

• Doris
  Apr 14, 2007 at 7:29 am

  Have also enabled the ‘Do follow’ plug ins in :

  http://www.dorischua.com
  http://www.dorisgoshopping.com

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  Apr 14, 2007 at 2:19 pm

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• manisha
  Apr 15, 2007 at 5:16 am

  Thanks I never knew I can do so. Can you tell me if its allowed if I am advertising adsense on my blog? I have another blog buit I am not sure if I can add this feature to it.

• Andra
  Apr 17, 2007 at 10:15 pm

  Thanks for your ideas and inspirations!! I am trying to be a successful WAHM too, any help I can get to get my blog out there is great, thanks again!!

• Sara
  Apr 18, 2007 at 6:37 am

  I can’t believe this isn’t more widely publicized. What an easy way to allow people to get link love. I understand wanting to block spam, but I really think making donotfollow the default is really lame. Thanks for enlightening me. I am now no longer a selfish blogger!

  Sara

• Mark Robinson
  Apr 26, 2007 at 12:31 am

  Thanks for keeping the list alive!

  In the words of Martha - it’s a good thing.

• Andrea
  Apr 29, 2007 at 2:31 pm

  Hey! Thanks. Just uploaded the plugin this second. While nursing my baby :)

  Go Me..

  so Gayle, please add me to your list above!

  And anyone else who happens to come across this as I did.. come leave some comments at my blog!

  Thanks,

  Andrea!

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• Teresa Morrow
  May 6, 2007 at 7:29 pm

  Gayla,

  Hi! I am a newbie here at mom gadget but I have to say…this is SO exciting to find such great information online for women and work at home moms!!!

  I will return frequently to your blog to see what is happening!

  Great content you have on this blog.

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• Melly
  Jul 2, 2007 at 2:54 pm

  I am no longer a selfish blogger. :) I have added the plug-in. Thanks for letting us know about such a great resource.

• Kristina Brooke
  Jul 5, 2007 at 11:16 pm

  I follow too. I never knew about the linking problem until I found your site. Thanks for the tip.

• Izzy
  Jul 6, 2007 at 8:46 pm

  I’m no longer a selfish blogger, either! I just instaled the do follow plugin for Wordpress :)

• Mary
  Jul 7, 2007 at 2:58 am

  Very cool idea! I saw one blog that is Blogger like mine in you list of links in this post, so I’m going to head over there to see if I need to do anything special. Thanks for posting this!

• Heather Bixler
  Jul 7, 2007 at 3:02 am

  Ok I’ve added this plug in and activated it! So please send happy commenters to the following blogs:

  http://heather-bixler.com
  http://girlyblogdesignz.com
  http://momsmakingadifference.org/blog

  Thanks!

  P.S. All of my blogs have GOOD PR except for the Girly Blog Designz, it’s new but I am anticipating a good PR! Thanks!

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• kerflop
  Jul 18, 2007 at 6:47 pm

  I had NO idea! I just added the plugin to my website at http://www.kerflop.com, thank you for the information - and thanks to http://www.izzymom.com for the link over here!

• Kelly
  Jul 18, 2007 at 6:53 pm

  Ok I definitely need to figure something out with my blog… since it’s with Blogger (sssss..hex… I know) I might have to research

• Jill - GlossyVeneer
  Jul 18, 2007 at 8:41 pm

  Thanks for that. I’ve uploaded and activated the plugin now!

• margalit
  Jul 18, 2007 at 9:56 pm

  My blog is a ‘classic’ blogger template, meaning I don’t use any of their standard CSS templates. I just removed the rev-”nofollow” from the code and I’m all set now. Thanks for telling me about this.

• lolly
  Jul 19, 2007 at 4:17 am

  Thanks, I did it too.

• Trish
  Jul 20, 2007 at 1:33 am

  Just extracted the file, will be downloading it http://www.notesfromtheminivan.com

  I am a new blogger so thanks so much

• Shannon
  Jul 27, 2007 at 12:37 pm

  I am joining the u comment I follow movement. I don’t beleive my template has a no follow included in it since I have always been able to find others who have visited my blog and others have always found me. I checked the HTML for my template and couldn’t find anything there either. I am going to add one of those u comment I follow badges to my site to show that I do. Thanks for the tidbit.

• Linsey Knerl
  Jul 29, 2007 at 3:43 am

  I have joined the NoFollow movement as well! Love your website, and thanks for showing link love to all the NoFollow advocates!

• mel
  Aug 4, 2007 at 10:08 pm

  I had no idea about this either. I added the plug-in to my blog. Thanks for pointing this out.

• Aaron Cook dot Comâ„¢
  Aug 6, 2007 at 10:56 pm

  Margalit,

  Actually, Classic style Blogger templates do not allow for removal of NoFollow (unless published by FTP) because they use {$CommentAuthorName$} which encapsulates the anchor text around linking text. I just checked your page and it’s still not following comments. :(

  The NoFollow in Classic styled Blogger templates is for backlinks, which you probably DON’T want to remove.

  On Layouts it can be removed simply by deleting the portion that says: rel=’nofollow’ which is after the

• Aaron Cook dot Comâ„¢
  Aug 6, 2007 at 10:57 pm

  Continued: Which is after the data:comment.authorUrl’ portion.

  Shine on,
  Aaron

  PS: If anyone comes across a way to remove it on Classic styled Blogger templates kindly let me know. There are a lot of people dying for a way to do it!

• Julie Pippert
  Aug 12, 2007 at 2:20 am

  Thank you!

  You cleared up a lot for me!

  I removed it from CLASSIC BLOGGER too. But, I had custom code so do not know if that is why I was able to follow Andy’s directions.

  Changes implemented, info to be posted on my blog tomorrow, and thanks to you linked back. :)

  Julie
  Ravin’ Picture Maven

• Julie Pippert
  Aug 12, 2007 at 2:37 am

  Oh yes, now reading through…I see I am an exception. Well, I don’t like new blogger. I’ve tried it. No go.

  I’ve got my own domain and use WordPress. It was one thing to move Rec and Review blogs there (hadn’t built up a super strong ranking there) but had built up a decent one on the Main Blog, so harder to move it.

  My Big Big Question has been WHY oh WHY my Technorati rating plunges (lost 100 authority points and rank HA! down and down) when my Google rating is good and secure. Is it a real reflection? Or is Technorati screwy? (I did enjoy that half day when I was #1—when we were all #1! LOL)

  Julie
  Ravin’ Picture Maven

• Oh, The Joys
  Aug 13, 2007 at 3:34 pm

  I have fixed this on my blogger layout doohickey and I’m a follower! Thanks for this!

• TRCoach
  Aug 17, 2007 at 6:02 pm

  Hi Gayla
  Thanks, I have added the No Nofollow plugin and I am following your lead by adding a list of generous linkloving bloggers to my site.

  Thanks, Tom (TRCoach)

• Ree
  Aug 17, 2007 at 8:02 pm

  I must admit, until I read Izzymom’s post on the subject, I , too, was a selfish blogger. No more! Dear Everyone, I am now a follower.

• Emma
  Aug 20, 2007 at 5:37 pm

  I follow too. It’s about time we help each other establish links. Thanks, Emma

• Sheena
  Aug 22, 2007 at 4:37 am

  I’m part of the dofollow movement, list me please :-)!

• Webmaster Affiliate
  Aug 25, 2007 at 6:47 am

  If I did it right, the site i listed here, and my SEO Tips website, and my Review website should all be DOfollow now :)

  If any of them aren’t.. please do let me know.. I’ll send them over to the programmar :P hehe

  My Mamma taught me to share :)

• Steamy Kitchen
  Aug 25, 2007 at 11:52 am

  Thanks for the article. I am in the process of pimpin’ out my blog now - so many widgets…so little time!!!!

• Neil
  Sep 18, 2007 at 7:39 pm

  The good thing with dofollow links as oppose to nofollow, is that it can actual help a websites listings, Google will spider the site and realise that the content update, the more comments the updates which for your site as a whole is a very good way to encourage user generated content, the phenomenon of nofollow has been taken to strongly, people even try getting reciprocal links add a no follow to it, very sneaky. If your using wordpress make sure you install Askimet, this plugin will eliminate much of the spam from automated blogging programs, also look out for the occasional “I found your post very interesting and have similar views myself”, spammers are getting smarter so my thoughts are keep dofollow’s it can only do your site good, so giving a link away is your way of saying thanks for the free content.

• Mike
  Sep 22, 2007 at 10:14 am

  I tended to agree with you till my site began to be spammed with lots of comments that had nothing to say, like: Great article, Cool, etc etc etc. Just for the links. Not to mention that some of the links pointed to porn sites or to blogs selling Viagra and other stuff.

  So, i decided to deactivate the Do-Follow plugin, in order to stop this madness and since i didn’t anted to get penalized by Google. Didn’t you encounter the same problems?

• Daniel Oliveira
  Sep 24, 2007 at 4:33 pm

  IM joining too!! take quick pick at my tech blog: http://torradeira.net

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• Raven
  Oct 6, 2007 at 3:34 pm

  Thanks for the info! I just joined the movement too!!

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• Tamara
  Nov 21, 2007 at 4:34 am

  I love the idea of this It is a great one thanks for sharing I am a U Comment I follow follower too ;)

• Trish
  Dec 5, 2007 at 1:53 am

  I am not very savvy at this kind of stuff so can you tell me what to look for to determine if I have “nofollow”? Is this something that would be in my template or through my feedburner?
  Also…how do you check your google standing?

• raymondm
  Dec 18, 2007 at 4:13 pm

  wow.
  so many people have been doing this.
  glad to see that bloggers are coming back to the way it’s supposed to be

  raymondm

  CommuterChronicles.com

• Parenting Judy
  Jan 2, 2008 at 6:14 pm

  Hey…thanks for the dofollow…But not sure if the SEs has anyway to stop spammers besides nofollow…

• Samantha
  Jan 25, 2008 at 2:47 am

  I stumbled upon this entry the other day and I finally had time to go through and fix mine. I think this is something more people need to know about. Thanks!

• Nina
  Feb 6, 2008 at 2:36 pm

  I learn from everyone…this is such a nice generous bloghearted thing to do.

• sometrouble
  Feb 10, 2008 at 11:52 pm

  wow. I’m going to try to fix my blog too, now. Thanks for the info!

• law of attraction
  Feb 27, 2008 at 12:36 am

  wow , I grateful for your generous post. but your not selfish at all, look at all of the great content that you’ve created. That provides alot of value to other people too!

• webbdesign
  Feb 28, 2008 at 3:11 pm

  Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I will follow your example and be a dofollow blogger, and also put a link to your site from one of my sites.

• Kpriss
  Mar 1, 2008 at 8:30 pm

  Now that was a precious word of advice! I’m still hoping somewhere along the way we’d all be friends (meaning all wordpress/typepad/blogspot bloggers) because it’s mainly there where we meet trouble.

• Bhutan web hosting
  Mar 10, 2008 at 5:09 am

  This sounds like a good thing to be using on your blog. I think I will use the same “do follow” on my blogs soon.

• Jen
  Mar 29, 2008 at 7:04 pm

  I had no idea that i wasn’t sharing! I am now. Thanks so much!

• George Lindemann Jr
  Mar 31, 2008 at 7:31 am

  I installed doFollow on my wordpress. So I do follow comments. :D It’s so nifty.

• Nicole
  Apr 4, 2008 at 6:03 pm

  Even though I don’t know if it benefits my blog, I understand it’s great for people who comment on my blog. So I jumped in (thanks to instructions at Tips 4 Blogspot.

  I’m curious if my feejit links will benefit from the dofollow also! Now I just need to write a post and find a tag to let everyone know!

• Steph
  Apr 21, 2008 at 4:28 pm

  I installed this, thanks to you. I also included a link to this post in my plug-ins section so I’d properly credit. :)

• Digital SLR Joe
  Apr 24, 2008 at 10:10 pm

  Pretty good article. I like it, keep it up.

• Jena
  Apr 25, 2008 at 4:38 pm

  Count me in! I just removed “no follow” from my html and put a note about it on my sidebar. Thanks so much for the great info on how to do it!!

• hijinks
  May 1, 2008 at 2:41 pm

  The removal of no follow is great for helping out your fellow bloggers. Thanks!

• Little Rianne
  May 9, 2008 at 12:09 am

  just stumbled upon this blog searching for baby information. found some great resource on your blog.

  btw, sorry for this dumb question, how will i know if my blog is configured to be “do follow”?

  thanks

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